Bug 3502

Summary:	Unable to boot Mageia 2 Alpha 1 get error Failed to Allocate
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Mike Crecelius <mike.crecelius>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Olivier Blin <mageia>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	davidwhodgins, fri, marja11
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	draklive-install	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	log file Xorg.0.log.old

Description Mike Crecelius 2011-11-27 18:56:50 CET

Description of problem:
Installed Mageia 2 Alpha 1 32 bit on a Dell Optiplex GX280 with ATI Radeon RV370.

The system does not boot.  Get an error that repeats and scrolls up the screen:
Failed to Allocate:
   Size   : 9216000 bytes
   alignment  : 0 bytes
   domains    : 2

On this same system, using the same CD, I am able to boot Mageia 2 off of the installation CD, and and KDE runs.

I get the error when I install Mageia 2 and then boot off of the hard drive.
When installing Mageia 2, I used the option "Erase and use entire disk"

On this same system, I can install and run Mageia 1 with no problem.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia 2 Alpha 1

How reproducible:
Always, I did a complete reinstall and still get the same error

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Mageia 2 32 bit.
2. After installation completes, remove CD and reboot.
3. The system does not boot, instead get the error repeated.

Marja Van Waes 2011-11-28 16:37:41 CET

CC: (none) => marja11
Assignee: bugsquad => mageia
Source RPM: (none) => draklive-install

Comment 1 Dave Hodgins 2011-11-28 20:49:55 CET

Try adding the kernel option radeon.modeset=0

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins

Comment 2 Mike Crecelius 2011-11-30 06:24:39 CET

(In reply to comment #1)
> Try adding the kernel option radeon.modeset=0

Yes that worked.  When I use the kernel option radeon.modeset=0 the system boots, I can log in and use KDE.

Comment 3 Dave Hodgins 2011-11-30 21:22:29 CET

Now that it boots, make sure you have the Nonfree repository enabled, and
install the package radeon-firmware.

Use drakrpm-edit-media to enable the nonfree repository.  You can start
it from mcc/Software management/Configure media sources.

Then try without the radeon.modeset option.  If that works, then close
this bug as a duplicate of bug 3466.

Comment 4 Mike Crecelius 2011-12-02 04:49:47 CET

Adding the radeon-firmware did not work.  Yesterday I booted the system, added the non free repository.  I found the radeon-firmware package.  But a reboot of the system without the kernel option still fails.

Here is the output of a query for the RPM on the system:

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i radeon
radeon-firmware-20110601-3.mga2.nonfree
x11-driver-video-radeonhd-1.3.0-6.git20100512.2.mga2
radeontool-1.6.2-1.mga1
libdrm_radeon1-2.4.27-1.mga2

Don't know if it will help, but I will attach the files from /var/log dmesg.old and Xorg.0.log.old.  I think these were created while booting the first time today without the kernel option.

Comment 5 Mike Crecelius 2011-12-02 04:50:59 CET

Created attachment 1160 [details]
log file

Comment 6 Mike Crecelius 2011-12-02 04:52:00 CET

Created attachment 1161 [details]
Xorg.0.log.old

Comment 7 Morgan Leijström 2012-02-23 01:43:19 CET

IBM Thinkpad T40 here, GPU: Radeon Mobility 7500 ( also listed as M7 LW ).

I saw same "Failed to allocate" lines, but other numbers, and hundreds of then scrollling, while it actually succeed booting OK.

System: current i586 mga2 (=beta1 i think as it was updated day before beta iso published)

Tried with kernel option radeon.modeset=0 : is OK.

I have the same radeon packages (except the X11.. ends in .3mga2) as in #4 but not the radeon-firmware

Now removing radeon.modeset=0 and installing radeon-firmware: it boots and runs OK now too, only issue i see yet is the mageia graphic background shown during boot and have a dotted progress bar: it is OK in the beginning, then colors suddenly get very wrong until login comes up OK.

I feel graphics is a bit faster with radeon-firmware.
(X is set to use Radeon X1950 and earlier.
(also tried radeonhd: "find no card")

So the bug here is that it did not get installed?

CC: (none) => fri

Comment 8 Morgan Leijström 2012-02-23 02:00:56 CET

Ah yes this seems like bug 3466, I add comment there...

Comment 9 Manuel Hiebel 2012-02-23 11:08:04 CET

yes dupliacte thanks.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 3466 ***

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => DUPLICATE